Panty girdle with removable crotch-piece



Sept. 28, 1965 M. FARKAs 3,208,454

PANTY GIRDLE WITH REMOVA-BLE CROTCH-PIECE Filed oct. 1e, 1965 INVENTOR.F/ 8 /W/V/VY FEKS' gdb/M United States Patent O 3,268,454 PANTY GIRDIJIEWITH REEMOVABLE CHOICE-PIECE Manny Farkas, 1314 46th St., Brooidyn, NY.Filed Oct. 16, 1963, Ser. No. 316,715 6 Claims. (Cl. 12S-S27) Thisinvention relates generally to girdles and more particularly to pantygirdles having a removable and adjustable crotch-piece.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a panty girdlehaving a crotch-opening and an adjustable covering member for suchopening which will be readily attachable and detachable with a minimumof fastenings.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an adjustablecrotch-covering member for a girdle which can provide adjustabledownward tension transmitted and distributed to the abdominal and seatportions of the girdle.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a panty girdle with abottom opening and a crotch-piece covering therefor which will make itunnecessary for the wearer to remove the panty girdle at all forwater-closet purposes or for exchanging sanitary napkins.

It is another object of the invention to provide a girdle with aremovable crotch member having readily releasable fastening meanswhereby the crotch member can be retained fastened to the rear portionof the girdle while being detached from the leg portions and theabdominal portion of the girdle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a removable and adjustablecrotch-piece for a panty girdle which is adapted to carry a sanitarynapkin for menstruation absorption.

Another object of the invention is to provide for a panty girdle areplaceable separable crotch-piece of elastic material which, whenselectively adjusted to the particular wearer, ts snugly in the crotchand requires the unsnapping of only three hooks, namely at the abdomenand on the inside of each thigh, to expose the girdle crotch opening.

Another object of the invention is to provide a crotchpiece for a girdlewhich is sufficiently adjustable so that the wearer can make it as snugor as loose as desired for her own comfort.

Another object of the invention is to provide a girdle with a largeenough opening at the crotch to obviate the necessity for removing thepanty girdle for watercloset use or for exchanging or applying sanitarynapkins, and to provide a removable crotch-piece for covering suchopening in the girdle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a crescent-shapedfastening pad on the seat wall portion of a panty girdle which willdistribute tension forces from an elastic crotch-piece throughout alarge area of the girdle seat.

Another object of the invention is to provide a plurality of verticallyarranged fastenings on the abdominal wall portion of a panty girdle,which in combination with fastenings placed on the inside of the thighportions of the girdle, will distribute tension forces over a wide areathroughout the girdle fabric, and will avoid local pulling anddiscomfort at the crotch.

It is another object of the invention to provide a panty girdle with amaximum crotch opening for easy access and greater sanitation to preventsoiling.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a girdle of simpleconstruction, which is inexpensive to manufacture, which has a minimumnumber of parts easy to attach and ecient in use.

To these ends and in accordance with the invention, a

panty girdle is provided with a crotch opening formed by the omission ofthe uppermost portions of the inside of the thighs, and the lowermostportions of the abdominal and seat portions of the girdle. Acrescent-shaped pad containing 3 to 5 eyelets and downwardly curved issewn or otherwise attached to the outside wall of the seat portion, anda rectangular pad containing 3 to 5 eyelets vertically arranged isattached, such as by sewing, to the outer abdominal wall portion of thegirdle. An airplane-shaped crotch-covering piece, removable andindependent from the panty girdle itself, is provided to overlap theedges of the crotch opening. The extended forward part of theairplane-shaped crotch-piece has at its end a single hook which engagesone of the vertically arranged eyelets on the abdomen portion. One hookat the extremities of each of the wing tips of the crotch-piece isadapted to be hooked into an eyelet at the inside of each thigh portionof the girdle, and 3 to 5 hooks at the flared-out tail portion of theairplaneshaped crotch-piece engage the eyelets in the crescentshaped padon the seat portion of the girdle. Protected eyelets may also beprovided on the inside of the crotchpiece for engaging a hook or safetypin attached to a sanitary napkin.

Other objects, features and many of the attendant advantages of thisinvention will be readily appreciated as the same becomes betterunderstood by reference to the following detailed description whenconsidered in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front elevation View of a girdle with an improved detachablecrotch-piece according to the invention illustrated with thecrotch-piece removed;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevation View of the girdle of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view taken along line 3 3 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of the improved crotchpiece shown inattened-out position with the inner side facing upward;

FIG. Sis a perspective view yof the improved crotchpiece of FIG. 4 andillustrating the relative position which it would occupy in the girdleaccording to FIG. 2, the rear portion of the crotch-piece being to theright and the abdominal portion being to the left of FIG. 5;

FIG. 6 is a cross section taken along line 6 6 of FIG. 1, except thatthe crotch-piece is shown in position on the girdle;

FIG. 7 is a cross section taken along line 7-7 of FIG. 1 and indicatesthe fastening eyelets on the abdominal portion of the girdle;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross section of a portion of FIG. 6 and shows thecrotch-piece adapted to hold a sanitary napkin.

As best shown in FIG. 4, the crotch-piece 10 according to the inventionmay be referred to as being airplane-shaped.

The crotch-piece 10 is provided with two side wing portions 11, aflared-out tail portion 12 and an extended nose portion 13. At theextremity of the flared-out tail portion is a reinforcing strip 14 towhich are attached a plurality, preferably 3 to 5, fastening means 15,such as hooks, which are engageable with eyelets or other engaging means15a on the seat portion of the girdle. At the extremities of each of thewing portions 11 are provided a single hook or fastening means 16 forengaging the engaging means or eyelets 16a at the inside of each thighportion of the girdle. Likewise, at the end of the extended nose portion13 of the crotch-piece is provided a single fastening means or hook 17adapted to engage one of the vertically aligned eyelets 17a on theabdominal portion of the girdle.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 and also in FIGS. 6 and 8, the girdle formsa crotch opening 18. This opening may even extend partially upward intothe abdominal panel 19 and up into the seat panel 21 of the girdle, andalso partially down to cut out the upper part of the inside of the thighportion 22 of the girdle. This will assure a large enough opening andhelp prevent the portions of the girdle adjacent the crotch frombecoming soiled.

A rectangular reinforcing strip 23 which holds the eyelets or loops 17ais sewed or otherwise fastened with its axis vertical, onto theabdominal panel section 19. The reinforcing strip 23 contains aplurality, at least 3 to 5, of engaging members 17a for receiving thesingle hook 17 at the end of the nose portion of the crotchpiece 10.

A downwardly curved arcuate reinforcing piece 24 which contains aplurality, preferably 3 to 5, eyelets or engaging means 15a, is sewed orotherwise fastened to the seat panel 21, preferably above the Zone whereit would uncomfortably press against a chair while the wearer is inseated position.

According to a further feature of the invention, as shown in FIGS. 5 and8, one of the same eyelets 17a and a serve for engaging hooks 26attached by elastic 26a to respective front and back ends of a sanitarynapkin 25, which would rest in the crotch-piece 10, as illustrated inFIG. 8 and as shown in phantom lines in FIG. 5. The lowerrnost of thefront eyelets 17a and the center of the eyelets 15a would normally servethis purpose.

It will be noted that the plurality of hook members 15 on the tailportion 12 are located on radii of a circle whose center is at theintersection of the longitudinal center lines of wings 11 and ofextended nose piece 17. The arcuate reinforcing piece 24 with itseyelets 15a is correspondingly arranged to engage the hooks or fasteners15, and thus to distribute over a wide area of the seat panel 2l anytension forces existing along these individual radii passing through therespective hooks 15. This structure minimizes non-uniform pulling,tugging or binding which could otherwise cause discomfort to the wearer.The hooks 15 will preferably be located equidistantly from the center ofthe abovementioned imaginary circle, but these respective distancesalong said radii can vary depending upon the elasticity of thecrotch-piece material and the relative tension along a respectiveradius. The radial distances are then predetermined accordingly.

One of the outstanding advantages of the crotch-piece 1() is that it canbe removed in a matter of seconds merely by unhooking 3 hooks, namelythe single fastening means 17 at the abdomen and the fastening means 16at each thigh. Ordinarily, the rear portion 14 can be left attached tothe seat of the girdle by hooks 15 engaging the eyelets 15a. However, ifit is desired to remove the entire crotch-piece 10, the few hooks 15 canbe instantly disengaged from the eyelets 15a.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art, upon studying thisdisclosure, that devices and garments according to my invention can bemodified in various respects and hence may be embodied in variousgarments other than as particularly illustrated and described herein,without departing from the essential features of my invention and withinthe scope of the claims annexed hereto.

I claim:

1. A panty girdle having interconnected front and rear wall portions andthigh-encircling leg portions, said leg portions having inner thigh wallportions, means forming a downwardly unobstructed crotch opening betweensaid wall portions, .a separable airplane-shaped crotch-piece adapted tooverlappingly cover said lopening and having two opposed side wingportions, a flared-out tail portion and an extended nose portion, firstsingle fastening means at the end of said nose portion, second singlefastening means `at each of the respective ends of said wing portions, aplurality of third fastening means arcuately arranged at the end of saidtail portion, a plurality of engaging means vertically arranged on theoutside of the front wall portion for adjustably engaging said firstfastening means, engaging means on said thigh wall portions for engagingsaid second fastening means, and downwardly curved arcuately arrangedengaging means on said rear wa'll portion for engaging said thirdfastening means.

2. A panty girdle having interconnected front and rear wall portions andthigh-encircling leg portions, said leg portions having inner thigh wallportions, means forming a downwardly unobstructed crotch opening betweensaid Wall portions, a separable airplane-shaped crotchpiece adapted tooverlappingly cover said opening and having two opposed side wingportions, a tail portion and an extended nose portion, first fasteningmeans at the end of said nose portion, second fastening means at each ofthe respective ends of said wing portions, third fastening meansarcuately arranged at the end of said tail portion, a plurality ofengaging means vertically arranged on the outside of said front wallportion for adjustably engaging said `first fastening means, engagingmeans on said thigh wall portions for engaging said second fasteningmeans, and downwardly curve'd arcuately arranged engaging means on saidrear wall portion for engaging said third fastening means.

3. A panty girdle having interconnected front and rear Wall portions andthigh-encircling leg portions, said leg portions having inner thigh wallportions, means forming a downwardly unobstructed crotch opening betweensaid Wall portions, a separable elastic crotch piece adapted tooverlappingly cover said opening and having two opposed side wingportions, a tail portion and an extended nose portion, first yfasteningmeans .at the end of said nose portion, second fastening means at eachof the respective ends of said wing portions, third fastening means atthe end of said tail portion, a plurality of vertically aligned engagingmeans on said abdominal wall portion for adjustably engaging said firstfastening means, engaging means on said thigh wall portions for engagingsaid second fastening means, and downwardly curved arcuate engagingmeans on said rear seat wall portion for engaging said third fasteningmeans.

4. A panty girdle according to claim 3, said third fastening meanscomprising a plurality of fasteners arcuately arranged at the end ofsaid tail piece, said fasteners .being located on respective radii of acircle Whose center is llocated at the intersection of the respectivecent-erline of said wing portions and of said nose portion.

5. A panty girdle according to claim 3, said vertically aligned engagingmeans including napkin-fastening er1- gaging means on said front andrear walls respectively of said girdle, said nose and tail portions ofsaid crotchpiece overlapping said napkin-fastening engaging means inattached position of said crotch-piece.

6. A panty girdle according to claim 4, said fasteners being locatedalong said radii respective distances from said center determined so asto substantially equalize the respective tension forces along saidradii.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,227,442 5/ 17Howell 128-527 1,560,890 1l/25 Whitlock 12S-527 3,144,870 8/64 Grishman12S-527 ADELE M. EAGER, Primary Examiner.

1. A PANTY GIRDLE HAVING INTERCONNECTED FRONT AND REAR WALL PORTIONS ANDTHIGH-ENCIRCLING LEG PORTIONS, SAID LEG PORTIONS HAVING INNER THIGH WALLPORTIONS, MEANS FORMING A DOWNWARDLY UNOBSTRUCTED CROTCH OPENING BETWEENSAID WALL PORTIONS, A SEPARABLE AIRPLANE-SHAPED CROTCH-PIECE ADAPTED TOOVERLAPPINGLY COVER SAID OPENING AND HAVING TWO OPPOSED SIDE WINGPORTIONS, A FLARED-OUT TAIL PORTION AND AN EXTENDED NOSE PORTION, FIRSTSINGLE FASTENING MEANS AT THE END OF SAID NOSE PORTION, SECOND SINGLEFASTENING MEANS AT EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID WING PORTIONS, APLURALITY OF THIRD FASTENING MEANS ARCUATELY ARRANGED AT THE END OF SAIDTAIL PORTION, A PLURALITY OF ENGAGING MEANS VERTICALLY ARRANGED ON THEOUTSIDE OF THE FRONT WALL PORTION FOR ADJUSTABLY ENGAGING SAID FIRSTFASTENING MEANS, ENGAGING MEANS ON SAID THIGH WALL PORTIONS FOR ENGAGINGSAID SECOND FASTENING MEANS, AND DOWNARDLY CURVED ARCUATELY ARRANGEDENGAGING MEANS ON SAID REAR WALL PORTION FOR ENGAGING SAID THIRDFASTENING MEANS.